How do I create a highlight?

Open an article, select the text with the mouse and click Highlight text in the small menu that appears under the selection. The passage is marked in the article and listed in the Annotations panel above it.

Highlights are a Pro feature. On a Free or Supporter account Highlight text opens the upgrade dialog instead, as Are annotations available on all plans? explains.

Highlight a passage

1. Open an article in the reading panel.
2. Select the words or the paragraph you want to keep.
3. In the menu under the selection, click Highlight text.
4. Find the highlight in the Annotations panel above the article and under Saved > Annotations.

To highlight and write a note in one go, click Add note in the same menu. It saves the highlight and opens the note dialog for it, which How do I add a note to a highlight? describes. Team members also see Highlight for Team, which shares the highlight with the team.

The saved highlight

The passage shows as a highlight in the text, a pencil marker appears in the margin on desktop and the entry is listed in the Annotations panel above the article. Inoreader keeps your own copy of the article text from that moment, so a later edit by the publisher doesn't shift your highlight. When Readwise is connected, each new highlight is sent to Readwise as well. Where can I find my annotations? shows where all your highlighted articles are collected.

To remove a highlight, click its marker in the margin and choose Remove highlight, or click Delete in the panel. Both ask you to confirm.

Show the selection menu

The menu needs the Selection menu preference, which is on by default under Preferences > Settings > Article contents. A selection of a single character shows no menu, and the menu isn't offered in the phone layout of the website.

Line breaks and tabs inside the selection are turned into spaces, so a highlight across paragraphs reads as one passage in the panel.

Highlights are included in the Annotations feature of Pro and higher plans, and Highlight for Team needs a team membership.